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Hormizd II
SÄsÄnian king
Also known as: Ormazd II, Ormizd II
Hormizd II (died 309) was the king of the SÄsÄnian empire (reigned ad 302ā309); he was the son and successor of Narses.
Little is known of Hormizdās reign, although according to one ancient source he executed some members of the Manichaean religion. At Hormizdās death powerful nobles killed his son Adhur-Narses, who had assumed the throne, and imprisoned another son, Hormizdas. In 324 Hormizdas escaped to the court of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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